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Laguindingan Airport welcomes first night flight from Manila
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Seaweed production SURIGAO City -- A group of women from the municipality of Tagana-an underwent a seaweeds processing training held on March 17 to 19, 2015 at the Womens Training Center, Tagana-an, Surigao del Norte. The ultimate goal of the seaweeds processing project is to increase the income of the target family beneficiaries that can help improve their economic wellbeing. It is also one of the required deliverables of the Bottom Up Budgeting (BUB) funded Seaweeds Processing Project of which fund was released last year to the Tagana-an municipal government by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). A total of 25 participants learned the skills on how to prepare various food products from seaweeds such as fresh and dried seaweeds pickles, flour jelly, jam, cookies, polvoron and fruit pie, among others.
Loan assistance DAVAO Oriental -- The Yagakauyon na Kooperatibang San Ignacio (YaKoSI) received P1-M loan assistance from the Development Bank of the Philippines released through the Davao Oriental Reach Surety Fund (DORSF). A member of the DORSF, YaKoSI cooperative operating in Manay town of this province received the check on March 20, 2015 at Provincial Capitol in the City of Mati. Coop officials said they would use the funds to embark on a lending business and to finance its members’ venture on micro, medium and small enterprises (MSMEs).
Cloud seeding DAVAO City -- The City Agriculture Office has sought the assistance of the Department of Agriculture in Davao Region to conduct cloud seeding operations in Davao City farmlands to ease the onslaught for the dry-spell brought by the El Nino phenomenon. Acting City Agriculturist Rocelio Tabay said standing crops in Paquibato, Marilog, Toril, Tugbok and Baguio Districts need to be saved due to the drought. Based on his letter to Acting Regional Director Remelyn Recoter of the DA 11, he said the drought might affect and potentially hit 7,057.15 hectares of agricultural lands and would impact on the livelihood of 11, 151 farmers.
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Passengers from Metro Manila await their checked-in luggage after disembarking from the inaugural night flight of the Tiger Air operated Cebu Pacific Airbus A320.
T WENT Y months after its opening, Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental finally welcomed its first night flight from Manila last Sunday, March 29. In a press conference held at the airport’s VIP Lounge earlier the same evening, Engr. Jose Bodiongan, airport and Area X Manager of the Civil
Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) identified the first night flight from Manila as DG 7806 operated by Cebu Pacific Air subsidiary Tigerair Philippines. Originally scheduled to arrive at 9:30PM, the flight was slightly delayed and arrived at 10:10PM with 172 passengers.
“Although we’ve had numerous requests since 2013 to open night flights in Laguindingan, but for safety considerations we could not dare to have a night flight whose safety we cannot guarantee going in and out of Laguindingan,” Bodiongan said. “Our mission in CAAP is to assure safe and secure Philippine skies.” first/PAGE 11
Misor airport seen as busiest transport hub photo by shaun alejandrae yap uy
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By Froilan Gallardo, MindaNews
AGUINDINGAN, Misamis Oriental — Officials expressed optimism the Laguindingan airport would become the busiest regional transport facility as soon as a huge passenger aircraft landed here on Sunday night.
A Cebu Pacific Air Bus A320 operated by Tiger Air landed Sunday night, marking the first time a wide-body commercial plane did so at Mindanao’s newest air transport facility. Another Cebu Pacific Air ATR 72-500 turbo prop plane from Mactan made the first night landing at the airport last March 12. Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines and airport Manager Jose Bodiongan said the air p or t would be the “busiest regional transportation hub” after the installation of runway lights, state-of-the-art navigational equipment and purchase of
two new fire trucks to ensure safety. “This airport has been heavily criticized at the start. Many said it is unsafe but now this airport is now among the top airports in the country. This is jubilation,” Bodiongan said. B odiongan said they expect air passenger traffic will rise in the near future as passengers from Iligan, Marawi, Cagayan de Oro and Valencia cities turned more to air travel to get around the country. He said that presently Laguindingan caters to 24 flights daily to and from busiest/PAGE 9
EVENING FLIGHTS. Cebu Pacific Airbus A320 operated by Tiger Air made its inaugural touchdown Sunday night (March 29) at the Laguindingan Airport. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has started commercial night flights at the airport after navigational gadgets have been fully installed. photo by shaun alejandrae yap uy
Normin posts positive growth in 2014 By APIPA BAGUMBARAN, Contributor
NORTHERN Mindanao continues to post positive growths in almost all fronts with the agriculture sector bring the banner in last year’s performance, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) regional office reported last week.
In a press br ief ing , Engr. Cecilio Clarete, chief e conomic de velopment specialist of the Development Research Division of NEDA-X, said the regional economy showed positive signs for most of the economic indicators in 2014.
Production increases were noted for agriculture. Clarete said the Northern Mind anao is g radu a l ly improv ing in ter ms of palay production posting an upward trend in annual production. For 2014, palay production in the region by 5.8 percent reaching 713,764 growth/PAGE 9
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